Hi, my name is Shannon and I am a Senior Director of Curriculum Development for The Good and the
Beautiful. Today, let's dig into our Paleontology science unit! Take a look at some of the amazing
pages from the coursebook. This full-color, bound coursebook contains guided lessons, vocabulary
words, experiments, activities, and supply lists. Once you gather the supplies, the lessons
are open and go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together. Our science units
are taught family-style, so you only need one course book to teach all of your children. This
course also includes interactive student journals. You'll want one for each of your young scientists.
Take a quick peek at some of the fun activities and worksheets included in the student journals!
These journals are divided into two age categories: one for grades three through six,
and one for grades seven and eight. The student journals include age-appropriate activities,
games, and worksheets. The older journals also include a lesson extension for each
lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.
These fun, beautifully designed student journals give children a sense of ownership and also allow
you to see their progress and record their work. The paleontology unit has been written with a
focus on basic biblical principles, allowing all families to use this unit and add in their
specific beliefs. The unit works well for those who hold either young earth or old earth beliefs.
Let me show you one of the lessons in this unit. At the top of the page, you can find a list of any
supplies you'll need. In this lesson, the parent starts an open conversation about excavation.
These discussion questions guide children in thinking through the topic of study and peak
their interest in the topic. Next, you'll complete an activity where children excavate a cookie,
then document the process in their student journals. After that,
you'll learn a new vocabulary term, then view a short video about real archaeological digs and
the amazing items that have been discovered. The lesson closes with a reminder to the parent to
have children in grades 7 and 8 complete the lesson extension in their student journals.
The paleontology unit also has an optional but wonderful book pack. These beautifully designed
and illustrated books cover additional learning topics in greater detail.
The three books are Ancient Animals, The Ultimate Dinosaur Guide, and Amazing Archaeological Digs.
While the book pack is not a required resource, it is an excellent way to provide your learners
with additional materials to dive deeper into the topics studied in the paleontology unit.
We hope that this unit becomes a favorite part of your science study. Do you want
to see more? Take a look at some of the other pages from the coursebook and student journals.
Long-term users of The Good and the Beautiful science units may have noticed that this unit
is organized differently than our original science units. We're always looking for ways
to make our curriculum better and easier for you to use. We are thrilled to announce
the following changes to our science units which are now available for select units,
and eventually for all units. The course books will now be bound for your convenience.
Lessons are shorter and more effective with less text for the parent to read out loud.
More images and diagrams have been included, making the courses even more beautiful and
engaging. In addition, each unit will offer two student journals,
a younger and an older student option. Throughout 2022 and early 2023, our hard-working science
team will be converting all science units to this new style of organization. We hope
that these new changes will make science a favorite part of your homeschool day!